Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language / Jean-Louis Dessalles ; translated by James Grie...
Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language / Jean-Louis Dessalles ; translated by James Grie...
Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language / Jean-Louis Dessalles ; translated by James Grieve.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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2007.
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N401/112
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French
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xi, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Animal and human communication -- 2. Culture, languages, and language -- 3. The biological roots of language -- 4. Misapprehensions about the origins of language -- 5. Language as an evolutionary curiosity -- 6. The local optimally of language -- 7. Putting sounds together -- 8. Protolanguage --...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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England
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2007.
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Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language / Jean-Louis Dessalles ; translated by James Grieve.
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Studies in the evolution of language ; 7.
French edition, Aux origines du langage, first published by Hermès Science Publications, Paris, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-375) and index.
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Translated from the French.
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N401/112
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9780199276233 (hbk.)
0199276234 (alk. paper)
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401
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991022418809702626
